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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed September 19, 1924. Serial No. 738,608.

1 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DON H. YORK, a citizen of the United States, residing at ashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to building structures, the object being to provide elements or members'that can be to a great extent standardized and manufactured in large quantities, and furthermore to provide complete structures of a character that can be easily assembled, knocked down and reerected by unskilled labor without injury to the parts, and is open to a wide range of adaptation. It thus becomes useful in the construction of temporary or permanent buildings and parts thereof.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a building embodying the invention and merely illustrative of a simple form of constructron. Figure 2 is a view partly in top plan and partly in horizontal section of the same,

Figure 3 is a detail sectional perspective view of a portion of one of the walls and a window,

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 4, and illustrating the window lintel and sill in elevation,

Figure 6 is a-side elevation of the stud shown in Figure 5,

Figure 7 is an end elevation of the window lintel.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one end p 0It1OI1 of said window lintel and the assoclated portion of the adjacent stud, the parts being illustrated as separated,

Figure 9 is a horizontal sectional view substantially on the line 9-9 of Figure 5,

Figure 10 is a detail sectional view on the line 10-10 of Figures 5 and 9,

Flgure 11 is a detail perspective View of one end portion of the window sill and the adjacent portion of the stud, the parts being shown separated,

Figure 12 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 12-12 of Figure 5,

Figure 13 is adetail sectional view through the window sill taken on the lines 13-13 of Figures 5 and 12,

Figure 14 is a detail perspective view of a portion of a corner post and the portions of the coacting sills, the parts being shown separated. 1

Figure 15 is a detail perspective view of an end portion of one of the chair rails,

Figure 16 is a perspective view of the end portions of one of the studs,

Figure 17 is a detail perspective view of the upper portion of one of the corner posts,

Figure 18 is a perspective view of the end portion of a side plate,

Figure 19 is a corresponding view of one of the end plates,

Figure 20 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the roof and ceiling structure,

Figure 21 is a detail sectional view on the line 21-21 of Figure 20. t

Figure 22 is a detail sectional view on the line 22-22 of Figure 20,

Figure 23 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 23-23 of Figure 20.

Figure 24 is a detail sectional view on the line 24-24 of Figure 23, and

Figure 25 is a plan view of the joint between one of the ceiling joists and the plate.

In the embodiment disclosed, a portion of a sub-sill is illustrated at 26, to which is seecured a fioor 27 as shown particularly in Figure 4, and mounted on the end of the floor over the subsill aresills 28, preferably having depending flanges 29 overhanging the edges of the floor 27 These sills 28 are provided with longitudinal inner and outer grooves 30 and 31. At the corners of the building are upright corner posts 32. These corner posts may be of angular formation, and the corners dressed in anysuitable form. They are provided in their side faces with longitudinal inner and outer grooves 33. and 34. Preferably the corner posts extend below the sills 28 and are suitably anchored or mounted in or on the foundation. As illustrated in Figure 14 the sills 28 abut against them and have terminal tenons that engage in mortices 35. Located at intervals between the said corner posts 32 are upright studs 36 having terminal tenons 37,

the lower end tenons fitting in the grooves 30 and 31 of the sills. These studs are provided in their opposite faces with inner-and loo outer longitudinal grooves 38. Supported on the corner posts and studs are plates 39 having longitudinal inner and outer grooves 40 in their under faces.

This constitutes the main outer wall frameof the building, and it will be noted that the various longitudinal grooves are in alignment.

Suitable partitions may be located as desired, and in Figure 2, one of such partitions is shown. Preferably partition corner posts 41 are employed generally T-shaped in cross section, the corners being formed in any desired contour. The terminal portions of these corner posts are provided with the usual longitudinal grooves 42. Partition studs 43, corresponding to the studs 36, may also be employed. Chair rails or plates 44 bridge the spaces between the studs, and are provided with terminal tenons 45, shown in Figure 15, which engage in the grooves of the adjacent studs. The chair rails have longitudinal inner and outer grooves 46 in their upper and lower sides.

For the purpose of providing window and door openings, lintel bars are employed,

and as these bars for the doors and windows outer grooves of opposing studs 36 are cutaway, as illustrated at 48, the inner flanges at said cut-away portions and designated 49, thereby constituting abutments for outer swinging windows. The studs at the upper ends of these cut-away portions are provided with mortices 50, and the terminals of the lintels have tenons 51 that engage in said mortices. The upper sides of the window and door jambs are provided with longitudinal grooves 52, while the lower sides have depending inner flanges 53, constituting the window abutment corresponding to the flanges 49.

The only difference between the window lintels and the door lintels are that the latter have the abutment flanges on their outer instead of their inner sides, so that the door may be swung inwardly and will abut against the flanges when closed.

The window openings furthermore have sills 54, the terminal portions 55 of which are seated in sockets 56 in the studs 36 formed by cutting away the portion between the two grooves 37 as illustrated in Figure 11. Each sill has an upstanding abutment flange 57 and is provided in its under side with inner and outer longitudinal grooves 58. Outwardly swinging windows 59 are employed for closing the window openings. The various spaces defined by the corner posts 32,

studs 36, chair rails 44, lintels 47 and sills 53, with the exception of the window and door openings, are covered by panels, pref erably of wall board, which may be readily cut to the proper sizes and these panels have their marginsfitted in the various longitudinal grooves of the several frame members. It is believed to be unnecessary to designate each of the said panels and therefore the outer ones are given the reference numeral 60 and the inner ones 61. A door is shown at 62 and as already explained, is hinged to swing inwardly and on its outer movement abut against the flanges formed by the adjacent portions of the studs 36 and the door lintel 47.

The end plates 39, as shown more particularly in Figure 19, preferably have terminal dovetails 63, and the corner posts are provided with dovetail sockets 64 to receive the same, the plates thus constituting ties between the upper ends of the corner posts. The side plates 39, as shown in Figure 18, are also provided with dovetails 65 that engage in dovetail sockets 66 formed in the corner posts, so that said plates also constitute ties for the top of the frame work, and when gable roofs are utilized, as illusstrated in Figure 1, the side plates are extended beyond the dovetails, the projections being illustrated at (Si'so as to support the projecting portion of the roof. This is illustrated in Figure 1. If the length of the building is such that single pieced side plates are impracticable, said plates may be in section and dovetailed into intermediate or partition studs, as shown at 68 in Figure The plates are provided at intervals with recesses 69, the inner portions of'which are in the form of dovetail sockets 70, and ceiling joists 71, extending across the building, have terminal dovetails 72 engaged in the sockets and terminate short of the outer portion of the recesses 69. These joists also have longitndinalgrooves 73 in their opposite side faces, and the plates are provided in their inner faces with longitudinal grooves 74:. In these grooves are fitted the margins of ceiling panels 7 5.

A central ridge pole 76 is shown, having sockets 77 in its opposite sides and in said sockets are engaged the upper ends of roof rafters 78. These rafters, as illustrated in Figure 24, have their lower end portions notched at 79 to receive the ends of the dovetail 72 of the ceiling joists 71 and the rafters are furthermore engaged in the outer portions of the sockets (i9 and overhang the plates 39, as clearly shown in Flgure 24. The ridge pole 76 is provided in its opposite sides with longitudinal grooves 80 and the opposite sides of the rafters have similar grooves 81. In these grooves are fitted roofing panels 82 that extend over the plates 39, said plates being preferably beveled as shown at 83.-

It will be obvious that the various frame members and panels can be formed in quantities and readily assembled to produce buildin s of various kinds and characters, and w en exteriorly painted will be weather-proof. Obviously the structure may be employed for permanent purposes, or it may be of a knock-down character, the parts being readily detached and reassembled.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be a parent to those skilled in the art, without urther description and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim, is:

'1. In a building structure, the combination with a set of spaced upright frame members having inner and outer grooves, certain of said members having mortices 1 between the grooves, of substantially horizontal transverse frame members having inner and outer grooves and terminal extensions including tenons that fit in the mortices and thereby support said transverse frame members, and inner and outer panels filling certain of the spaces defined by said members and having their margins engaged in the grooves of the upright and transverse frame members.

- 2. In. a building structure, the combination with a set of spaced upright frame members having longitudinally disposed grooves and transverse mortices deeper than said grooves, of substantially horizontal transverse frame members having terminal tenons fitting said mortices and supporting the transverse members, said transverse members having longitudinal grooves in one side that aline with the grooves in the upright members, and panels having their margins in the grooves.

3. In a building structure, the combination with a set of spaced upright frame members having longitudinally disposed grooves, portions of said members being cut away to (provide jambs and mortices deeper than sai grooves at the upper ends of the jambs, horizontal lintel members having terminal tenons fitting said mortices and supporting the lintel members, said lintel members having longitudinal grooves in their upper sides that aline with the grooves in the upright members, and panels above the lintels having their margins in the grooves.

4. In a building structure, the combination with a set of spaced upright frame members having longitudinal grooves in their opposing sides and portions cut away to form window jambs, said portions having mortices in the opposing sides of their upper ends, a window lintel extending across the space between the upper ends of, the

jambs and having terminal tenons engaged in the mortices and said lintel members having a. longitudinal groove in its upper face, a panel having its margins engaged in the grooves of the upright members and lintel, a window sill member extending across the space between the lower ends of the jambs gaged with the upright members, said sill having a longitudinal groove in its under side, and a panel having its margins fitted in1 the grooves of the upright members and si 1.

Intestimony whereof I alfix my signature.

DON H. YORK.

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